Rockbridge County "Register of Free Negroes", 1831-1860

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
James		Clarke			1836-04-12		35	Male	mulatto colour	5	7.5	part of the tops of the two forefingers of the right hand mashed off, has a scar on the second joint of the thumb of the right hand		hair inclined to be straight and a little bald on the head		Sally Clarke			Leonard Clarke					born free/free born			Rockbridge County
Washington		Nash			1836-04-30		21	Male	black colour	5	9.5			short curly hair		Sally Nash								born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
James		Paxton			1836-07-23	1836-08-01	26	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	5	mark on the outside of the little finger of each hand said to be an extra finger & is now cut off close to the finger, has several scars on the breast occasioned by blistering		hair curly		Betsey Paxton								born free/free born			Rockbridge County			Samuel McD Reid
Betsey		Paxton			1836-07-23	1836-08-01	23	Female	bright mulatto colour	4	11.5	no scars or marks perceivable		long straight hair							James Paxton			emancipated by decree	Rockbridge County	Cyrus Hyde				Samuel McD Reid

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Samuel		Matthews			1836-08-29	1836-09-05	52	Male	mulatto colour	5	7.25	scar on the forehead above the right eye and near the hair also a large scar on the inside of the left leg below the knee		curly hair										born free/free born			Pennsylvania
Willliam		Matthews			1836-08-29	1836-09-05	18	Male	bright mulatto colour	5	8	no marks or scars perceivable		curly hair					James Matthews					born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Grace		Matthews			1836-08-30	1836-09-05	46	Female	mulatto colour	5	4.5	no marks perceivable		short hair inclined to be straight										born free/free born			Berkley County				has resided in Rockbridge County about forty five years
Alexander		Matthews			1836-08-30	1836-09-05	18	Male	mulatto	5	9.5	remarkable dimples in each cheek when he laughs - no other marks perceivable		short curly hair		Grace Matthews	mulatto colour							born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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First Name	Middle Name	Last Name	Alias	Registration number	Date of registration	Date of certification	Age	Gender	Color	Height- Feet	Height - Inches	Marks or scars	Eye color	Description of hair	Speech	Name of mother	Color of mother	Free status of mother	Name of father	Free status of father	Name of spouse	Free status of spouse	Name of children	Free status	Where emancipated	Who emancipated	Place of birth	Date of birth	Previous place of registration	Name of clerk	Additional information
Rachel		Matthews			1836-08-30	1836-09-05	21	Female	mulatto colour	5	2	large scar on the forehead near the hair		long curly hair		Grace Matthews	mulatto colour							born free/free born			Rockbridge County
Charity		Banister			1836-08-30	1836-09-05	40	Female	bright mulatto	5	5	two scars on the first knuckle of the left hand		long hair nearly straight										born free/free born			Rockbridge County

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